{"id":1188,"date":"2013-09-29T14:11:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2018-05-13T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:48:01","slug":"renovation-projects-dont-happen-by-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/renovation-projects-dont-happen-by-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation projects don\u2019t happen by chance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Turner
\nIn Motion Staff Writer<\/p>\n

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Photo illustration by Amber Boutot\/In Motion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year Daytona State College expands and renovates existing buildings and constructs new ones. The process behind reaching this point however, is much more involved than it seems at a simple glance.<\/p>\n

Dr. Steven Eckman, Director of the Facilities Planning Department, recently gave insight into the process behind how the decisions of renovation and expansion are made.<\/p>\n

It begins every five years, with a survey of enrollment over the last three years at colleges that helps set the budget of state schools in Florida. This helps project the needs for the next five years and set the budgets accordingly. The colleges then present expansion and renovation plans that are assessed for merit. The result is the budget that is available for the school to utilize on various projects.<\/p>\n

Projects are presented to the Board of Trustees, assessed, prioritized and then the expansion and renovations begin. There are several big projects in the works presently that will save the college money as it grows: a new classroom building for the Flagler campus; a new chill water tank that will save the college an estimated $200,000 per year in heating and cooling costs; a new student center; a new theater scene shop, and other improvements to the News- Journal Center. These improvements are helping keep DSC up to date, while reducing operating costs and enabling future development.<\/p>\n

Not all buildings or projects need to be constructed from scratch, as there is also a yearly budget to perform renovations to existing buildings.<\/p>\n

These improvements, like the ones above, save the college money and improve the quality of the learning environment for students. Roof replacement to ensure leaks and water damage are prevented is another major renovation. Air conditioners around campus are being replaced with models that operate more efficiently and use less energy. Smaller classrooms are being combined into single larger ones to allow for larger class sizes and get updated to modern functionality.<\/p>\n

Dr. Eckman elaborated on these renovations saying, \u201cIn building 340 there is a new \u2018modern classroom\u2019 that has the latest technology, easily movable ergonomic furniture, and allows for easy collaborative learning. This room, currently called the \u20182013 Standard,\u2019 is the standard for which new rooms will be built and older ones renovated to reach.\u201d<\/p>\n

These projects are not decided upon lightly and are planned in advance, but some renovations arise out of necessity. For these occurrences, there is a fund for general renovations included within the yearly budget. Those renovations are qualified as being any project fewer than $250,000. They are prioritized in order of need, but not set in stone. The paramount concern for such renovations is student safety. If anything does arise that endangers students, it moves to the top of the list. The secondary concern is for student accessibility and comfort, which can also push a project higher up in priority. If a room has several small problems; such as faulty lighting, peeling paint, and water damaged air conditioning vents, then these are condensed into one full renovation, solving all the problems at once.<\/p>\n

The Facilities Planning Department is charged with the difficult task of advising and planning the construction and renovations of not one, but five campuses across Volusia and Flagler Counties. Their job also entails carefully assessing what renovations need to be made to best accommodate the student population\u2019s needs and then putting those plans into motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Turner In Motion Staff Writer Every year Daytona State College expands and renovates existing buildings and constructs new ones. The process behind reaching this point however, is much more involved than it seems at a simple glance. Dr. Steven Eckman, Director of the Facilities Planning Department, recently gave insight Continue reading Renovation projects don\u2019t happen by chance<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}